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Stressing the paramount importance of queens as mother of the king, the author reviews the evidence for queen-mothers from the Early Dynastic Period through the 12th Dynasty. She discusses the titularies and the iconography of holders of the title mw.t nsw.t (bj.t) and the epithet zA.t nTr, in which nTr refers to the a deceased and solarized king. In the iconography the vulture headdress, uraeus and the sceptre are the dominant features. Generally, the tombs of queen-mothers are large and pro...Stressing the paramount importance of queens as mother of the king, the author reviews the evidence for queen-mothers from the Early Dynastic Period through the 12th Dynasty. She discusses the titularies and the iconography of holders of the title mw.t nsw.t (bj.t) and the epithet zA.t nTr, in which nTr refers to the a deceased and solarized king. In the iconography the vulture headdress, uraeus and the sceptre are the dominant features. Generally, the tombs of queen-mothers are large and prominent. Frequent architectural changes, decrees and cult stipulations point to a privileged status of their funerary cult, which is almost equal to that of dead and divinised kings. Their prominent ideological status and social rank are to be seen in the light of the legitimation of the reigning king, which is also confirmed by the epithet zA.t nTr.» weiterlesen» einklappen

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DFG Fachgebiet:
1.11 - Alte Kulturen

DDC Sachgruppe:
Geschichte